Scientists have identified it’s best-known adhesion protein that it uses to attach to stomach sugars and evade the body’s attempts to ‘flush’ it away. It is estimated that 1 in 2 people have got it, though most won’t ever experience any problems. Even so, it is considered one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide and a leading cause of dyspepsia, peptic ulceration and gastric cancer.
Through unique evolutionary adaptations, H. pylori is able to evade the antiseptic effect of our stomach acid by hiding within the thick acid-resistant layer of mucus that coats the stomach wall. Once within the mucus layer, the bacterium latches onto sugars naturally found on the stomach wall using its adhesion proteins...
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